Authors · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Tony Hillerman

Charting Jul 10, 1988 → Jan 7, 2007 · 108 weeks with chart power

Peak Power: 5.85%; week of Aug 6, 1989
Career Power: 622; share-weeks
Weeks at #1: 0; weeks as the top author

Peak Year: 105; August 1988 – August 1989
Peak Five Years: 262; January 1989 – December 1993
Top-five weeks: 32; weeks ranked 1–5
Longevity: 108; weeks with chart power
Dominance: 12.64%; week of Jul 2, 1989
Comebacks: 5; October 1993, December 1996, August 1998, December 1999, June 2002

Comebacks (thresholds from `config/scoring.json`)
Kind	Trough began	Returned	Trough weeks	Longest absence	Prior peak	Return share
After absence	Dec 16, 1990	Oct 17, 1993	148	146	5.85%	2.87%
After decline	Feb 13, 1994	Dec 22, 1996	149	89	5.85%	2.22%
After decline	Apr 6, 1997	Aug 30, 1998	73	71	5.85%	2.49%
After decline	Dec 27, 1998	Dec 26, 1999	52	48	5.85%	2.29%
After absence	Feb 27, 2000	Jun 9, 2002	119	117	5.85%	2.25%

Ranked by weekly Power Share, part of the ChartReign Power model — not the list's own positions (config version 4, Sep 22, 2026). How it works →

Exponentially smoothed share of the week's total power (the primary metric).

Titles on the NYT Hardcover Fiction

12 books · 622 share-weeks of Career Power

Power contributed is what each book earned this author: their weekly Power Share, split across their books (a featured credit takes its reduced share). Book Power is the book's own figure, the same for every author on it. Bar length compares books within this list.

Title	Peak	Weeks	On chart	Power contributedPower	Book Power
Talking God	#2July 1989	15	June 1989 – September 1989	99.1	99.1
Coyote Waits	#3July 1990	13	July 1990 – September 1990	94.0	93.9
The First Eagle	#2September 1998	10	August 1998 – October 1998	72.7	72.7
Sacred Clowns	#3October 1993	11	October 1993 – December 1993	68.9	67.3
The Fallen Man	#3December 1996	10	December 1996 – February 1997	54.0	54.0
The Sinister Pig	#4May 2003	7	May 2003 – July 2003	45.8	45.8
A Thief of Time	#7July 1988	11	July 1988 – September 1988	45.6	45.6
The Wailing Wind	#5June 2002	7	May 2002 – July 2002	43.8	43.8
Hunting Badger	#9November 1999	9	November 1999 – January 2000	38.2	34.0
The Shape Shifter	#4December 2006	5	December 2006 – January 2007	22.8	22.8
Finding Moon	#9November 1995	6	October 1995 – December 1995	19.8	19.8
Skeleton Man	#7December 2004	4	December 2004 – January 2005	17.6	17.6